Improvement in combined sewing implements



r. L. WATEB'MAN. V CombinedSewing-Implements. No. 156,2 64. Patentedoc't. 27,1874

4 UNITED STATES PATENT DFFIGE.

FRANK L WATERMAN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED SEWING IMPLEMENTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 156,264, dated October27, 1874; application filed September 12, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK L. WATER- MAN, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a device consisting ofthe combination of a threadwaxer, a spool-and-thimble holder, andpincushion, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings makingpart of this specification, in which Figure l is a perspective view ofmy combined device. Fig. 2is a vertical section through the center ofthe same.

My invention has for its object to provide a device in which pins,needles, thimble, thread, and wax may'always be found together ready foruse; and my invention consists in a combined pin-cushion and holder forthimble and spool secured to a base or stand composed wholly orpartially of wax, for waxing the thread, whereby the various articlesrequired by ladies in sewing are always at hand ready for use, and theinconvenience and delay at present experienced in collecting them areavoided.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand and use my invention,I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out. I

In the said drawings, A represents the base or stand composed of wax,within which is embedded a bent wire,'a, one portion, 4, of whichprojects through the wax at a point on the periphery of its uppersurface, and, rising a short distance above it, is bent in horizontallyat 5, toward the center of the stand, whence it rises vertically, asseen at b, a space between the upper surface of the stand and thehorizontal portion 5 of the wire being thus formed for the reception ofa cushion, b, for pins and needles, the cushion fitting snugly in placeand being prevented from moving out of its position by the bent portion7 of the opposite end of the wire, which projects out from the uppersurface of the stand at a point diametrically opposite that from whichthe other end,4, of the wire projects. The portion 7 rises vertically,or nearly so, from just above the pin-cushion to a point about on alevel with the top of the vertical portion 12, being turned or bentaround to form a small loop or eye, 8, about half-way up. The object ofthe vertical portion b of the wire is to serve as an axis around which aspool of thread may revolve, the hole in the center of the spoolenabling it to be readily placed thereon.

The end of the thread is conducted through the eye or loop 8, and may bewaxed by taking up the stand with the thumb and forefinger of one handand drawing the thread with the other hand) between the thumb and thewax. The upper end of the vertical portion 7 of the wire is bent inhorizontally at 9 and has a loop, 10, formed at its inner end, intowhich the top of the vertical portion 6 is sprung, so

as to form a bearing for it and' keep it steady. After forming the loop10 the wire is bent upward, and serves as a holder for a thimble, thethimble being passed over the upper extremity 11 of the wire and presseddown between t it and the horizontal portion 9, a spring being thusformed which grasps and-holds the thimble tightly when it is desired toput it away when not required for use.

By the employment of a device constructed in accordance with myinvention the delay and annoyance at present occasioned by being obligedto look around around for and collect the various articles required insewing are entirely avoided, as my invention enables one to constantlyhave at hand in one place everything required for this purpose.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letterslatent, is-

The stand A, composed wholly or partially of wax, the pin-cushion b, andone or more wires, a, serving as a holder for a spool and a thimble,when constructed and combined, substantially as described, for thepurpose set forth.

Witness my hand this 9th day of September, 1874.

FRANK L. WATERMAN.

In presence of N. W. STEARNS, W- J. CAMBRIDGE.

